{"id":184532,"date":"2021-03-01T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184532"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:30:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:30:54","slug":"democrats-protest-election-integrity-bill-inside-georgia-state-capitol-clash-with-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-protest-election-integrity-bill-inside-georgia-state-capitol-clash-with-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Protest Election Integrity Bill Inside Georgia State Capitol, Clash With Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-protest-election-integrity-bill-inside-georgia-state-capitol-clash-with-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184532&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1230662578.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Georgia lawmakers clashed with officers at the state\u2019s Capitol building on Friday during a protest against a Republican effort to ensure election integrity through measures that include mandating voter ID for absentee voting.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Capitol, protesting Democrats were told by officers that they were in violation of the law and asked to back up when they started\u00a0shouting \u201cAll Votes Matter\u201d and climbed the stairs leading to the House and Senate chambers as legislators were recessing for lunch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/voting-protest-leads-to-clash-between-police-and-georgia-lawmaker\/IDNHNNFSCBFABDRS2XU5WYY6KU\/\">reported<\/a> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC).<\/p>\n<p>One of the representatives, state Rep. Park Cannon, a Democrat, walked in front of the officer\u2019s megaphone. She was grabbed on the arm by another officer and asked to back up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStep aside, ma\u2019am,\u201d the officer told Cannon. \u201cGo, go. Step aside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t touch her!\u201d protesters yelled at the officer.<\/p>\n<p>Outraged Democrats later started a sit-in on the steps, demanding an apology from Georgia State Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Captioning a video the commotion, FOX 5 Atlanta reporter Claire Simms wrote on Friday, \u201cConfusion at the State Capitol after some lawmakers joined in with a protest against HB 531 and a state trooper touched Rep. Park Cannon after she stood in front of a bullhorn.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Confusion at the State Capitol after some lawmakers joined in with a protest against HB 531 and a state trooper touched Rep. Park Cannon after she stood in front of a bullhorn. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX5Atlanta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOX5Atlanta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gapol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gapol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jlkOM5lsZd\">pic.twitter.com\/jlkOM5lsZd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claire Simms (@Claire_FOX5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Claire_FOX5\/status\/1365354112494231552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Soon after, Simms tweeted a photo of the sit-in. \u201cA group of House Democrats has joined Rep. Cannon in a sit-in on the stairs where it happened. She maintains the officer needs to apologize publicly,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOW: A group of House Democrats has joined Rep. Cannon in a sit-in on the stairs where it happened. She maintains the officer needs to apologize publicly. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX5Atlanta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOX5Atlanta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gapol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gapol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MCLtlGH6OY\">pic.twitter.com\/MCLtlGH6OY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claire Simms (@Claire_FOX5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Claire_FOX5\/status\/1365356546335645702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Democrats sat until they \u201creceived an apology,\u201d which was not made public,\u00a0according to AJC.\u00a0The sit-in lasted about 90 minutes and no arrests were made.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Republicans\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/article\/groups-rally-outside-georgia-state-capitol-in-opposition-of-hb-531\/35637615\">House Bill 531<\/a>, filed by Republican state Rep. Barry Fleming, seeks to protect elections but enforcing conformity across the state, mandating voter ID for absentee voting, set earlier deadlines for requesting absentee ballots,\u00a0restrict drop boxes, and limit weekend early voting, AJC reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This section is big:<\/p>\n<p>-Earliest request for absentee ballot is 11 weeks before election, latest is 2 Fridays before election<\/p>\n<p>-Application has DL# or state ID# or copy of photo ID, both paper+online<\/p>\n<p>-No gov&#8217;t\/elections office can directly send an absentee ballot application <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LW58UsKuqE\">pic.twitter.com\/LW58UsKuqE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 stephen fowler (@stphnfwlr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stphnfwlr\/status\/1362481565973041156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of me speaking today is so that black people, people across the state of Georgia, poor people, mothers and seniors can vote,\u201d Cannon said during the protest, claiming that the bill targets by race and status.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Georgia lawmakers clashed with officers at the state\u2019s Capitol building on Friday during a protest against a Republican effort to ensure election integrity through measures that include mandating voter &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274453,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1230662578.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Protest Election Integrity Bill Inside Georgia State Capitol, Clash With Police","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1230662578.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Protest Election Integrity Bill Inside Georgia State Capitol, Clash With Police","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}